Shaw University

Today we visited Shaw University. I didn't realize how historic the school was. We took 16 TechnoScholars and two chaperones. The university is much smaller than my Alma Mater, Hampton University. This was just the right size for many of our newer members. One mentioned how the campus reminded them about their neighborhood during the night time with the exception that in their neighborhood the multitudes (my word) that walk around at night time don't carry books. This Technoscholar was new to our program and had not been on any of our earlier trips. His brother has been on our trips and had inspired his older brother to accompany him on the trip. It was truly warming to see this neophyte look at a college campus and see people who reminded him of "home" with an educational "upgrade." Now he could imagine himself in the setting. Mission #1 accomplished.
Shaw University is a private historically black university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. It is the oldest HBCU in the South.[1] Shaw is a religiously oriented institution affiliated with the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and has been instrumental in developing generations of leaders. Shaw is a member of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. Shaw has emphasized the connection between learning and religion. Since its founding, the university has stressed development of moral character as essential to the learning process.
Recently the university won a 5-year grant with University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill to create a Partnership for the Elimination of Health Disparities for minorities, which adds to its research capacity and a 7-year grant with John Hopkins University for the two institution's partnership for Gerontological Research. And in 2007 created a foreign exchange program with The People's Republic of China's Southeastern University, the first program established between an American and a Chinese institution since 1978.[2]
The university offers a variety of undergraduate degrees in fields ranging from natural science, to business and accounting, religion and philosophy, education and computer science. Shaw University offers various graduate programs such as the Master of Divinity, the Master of Arts in Religious Education and the Master of Science Degree in Early Childhood Instruction. As of 2007, Shaw's enrollment has increased to 3,700 students.[3]